For the grown-ups · self-paced · free
Grown-Up Homeschool
The curriculum stops at twelfth grade. This does not. These are courses for the person doing the teaching — written for a capable adult, in the same shape as the school courses: a verse, a real lesson, and a quiz that grades itself.
Sewing, Mending and Handwork
Needle and thread from the very beginning: a first hand stitch, a machine understood rather than feared, cloth chosen well, clothes mended instead of replaced, and finally a needle put to work for somebody else.
Sewing from the Very Beginning
Everything before the machine: a place to work, the few tools that matter, and hand stitches that hold.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Your Sewing Machine
From opening the case to diagnosing a thread nest — the sewing machine understood plainly, and no longer feared.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Knowing Your Fabric
Fiber, weave, grain and drape - why the same pattern succeeds in one cloth and fails in another.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →First Projects
Ten simple, genuinely useful things to sew, each one teaching the skill the next project needs.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Mending and Alterations
Repair and refit what your family already owns - seams, patches, darns, hems, zippers and fit - and get years more wear out of it.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Patterns and Fitting
Read a pattern, measure a real body, and change the paper until the garment actually fits the person who will wear it.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Garment Construction
The order of operations that turns flat cloth into clothing that lasts - seams, shaping, edges, and every part that opens or closes.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Sewing for the Home
Curtains, linens, and the soft furnishings that make a house look cared for, sewn by your own hands.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Quilting and Handwork
Piecing, quilting, binding and the embroidery that finishes a piece - accurate work from first cut to last stitch.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Sewing That Serves
Dorcas made coats and garments: what a needle is finally for, in giving, ministry, teaching, and honest paid work.
100 lessons · 1,000 questionsOpen the course →Nearby
Fun Extras · Elective courses · Every school course in one list